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In any listening exam there is a lot you can do to prepare yourself before the teacher plays the recording and you actually listen to the text. If you are well prepared before you even hear the first word of the text, you will do much better in the test.

Hi!
Your vocabulary will improve the more you read and listen to English - so try and have as much contact with English as you can. We have a lot of listening practice on this website. Read as much as possible too and you will see that your vocabulary will get better and better.
Good luck in your next listening exam!
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)

I would like to say that before any listening exam we have to prepare all materials that we need and keep clam. Then I read question many times to get the idea of that this will help everyone to do better in exam.

Hi melodiana,
On our LearnEnglish site we have a lot of practice material for the IELTS exam. Here's the link: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/ielts We also have a lot of listening practice in our Listening skills section. This will help you to prepare for the exam too.
Good luck! Best wishes, Joanna (LearnEnglish Teens Team)

Hi melikerior,
This section is all about how to do listening exams well, but there aren't any audio recordings for you to practise your listening here. You can find lots of listening practice in the Listening skills practice section. Try the listenings in that section to practise for your next exam. :)
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)

Before listening exam, I always read the listeninf exercises carefully. Read the questions, senteces and I make some prediction about the answer. I always prepare paper and pencil to check note information which I can listen.

I'm little bit scared of listening exam..but,these advices make me stronger for tomorow test. Sometimes,there are trick questions on listening exam,and you just need use your imagination to guess the answer,that is good part of test. You can play with situacion. I sometimes do that. Try it too! ;)

My main problem in listening exams is pronunciation,when I hear the words I feel that it's new , but it isn't! and that's because we were not taught properly in school.So I am know working on this and when I learn a new word before knowing its meaning I look for its pronunciation.
Thanks

Before a listening exam, I usually read the questions. I then try guess the answers before the teacher plays the CD. Reading the questions allows me to know what are the informations I must find out during the listening test.